Syracuse, NY - State Supreme Court Judge John Brunetti sentenced a Syracuse teen to state prison this morning after he pleaded guilty to raping a woman in a vacant parking lot.

Otis L. Tillie, of 500 Robinson St., was sentenced to a year and four months to four years in prison after he pleaded guilty to felony first-degree rape. The judge granted him youthful offender status and ordered him to stay away from the victim.

Tillie was 16 when he and two other teens were accused of robbing and sexually abusing a 31-year-old woman.

The woman was walking in the 400 block of Oneida Street with a 34-year-old man about 8 p.m., Oct. 7, 2010, when three teens accosted them, police said.

When the three attempted to rob the adults, the man ran off to call for help. One of the teens had a large stick and another claimed to have a gun, the victim told police.

The teens then forced the woman to a vacant lot where they raped and sodomized her, police said.

Police arrived quickly and captured a 13-year-old suspect. The suspect’s name was not released due to his age. He was charged with first-degree robbery, first-degree rape and first degree criminal sex act, all felonies. He was also charged with criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth-degree.

The 13-year-old suspect was classified as a juvenile delinquent and sent to the Hillbrook Juvenile Detention Facility.

A week later, police identified a 14-year-old suspect. He was charged with second-degree robbery and first-degree criminal sex act. The suspect was classified a juvenile offender, arraigned in Syracuse City Court and sent to Hillbrook. His name was not released due to his age.

Police had identified Tillie as a suspect, but he denied involvement in the crime. He voluntarily gave them a DNA sample that a laboratory identified as a match with DNA taken from the crime scene.

Tillie was arrested in February and charged with first-degree robbery, first-degree rape and first-degree criminal sex act.